Transgender Inmate Count and Housing Placement

Kathryn Sosin Oeser filed this request with the Department of Correction of Indiana.

It is a clone of this request.

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From: Kathryn Sosin Oeser


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

A complete and accurate count of all transgender inmates currently in custody in the Department of Correction as mandated to be recorded by the Prison Rape Elimination Act including:
-the number of transgender women in custody
-the number of transgender women who are housed in men's facilities
-the number of transgender men in custody
-the number of transgender men who are housed in women's facilities
-the number of transgender people who are taking hormones

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Kathryn Sosin Oeser

From: Muckrock Staff

To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following request, copied below. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Kathryn Sosin Oeser

Hello,
I am a reporter for NBC News. These numbers are sought as part of a national broadcast piece for NBC.

This is to inform you that that in the next few days NBC's legal team will begin pursuing these numbers. Please let me know if you have a response and would like to avoid that route.

Thank you,
Kate Sosin

From: Department of Correction

Good morning:

This email is in response to your request for Public Records regarding transgender inmate count and housing.

While this is not an APRA request as defined by the Indiana Access to Public Records Act, the Department is able to provide the following information:

A complete and accurate count of all transgender inmates currently in custody in the Department of Correction as mandated to be recorded by the Prison Rape Elimination Act including:
-the number of transgender women in custody 63
-the number of transgender women who are housed in men's facilities 63
-the number of transgender men in custody 9
-the number of transgender men who are housed in women's facilities 9
-the number of transgender people who are taking hormones 25
Thank you.
Annie

Annie Goeller
Chief Communications Officer
Indiana Department of Correction
317-232-5780

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